LEADER 03899nam 2200793 450 001 9910821388703321 005 20200122115653.0 010 $a1-5261-3059-9 024 7 $a10.7765/9781526130594 035 $a(CKB)4100000006670426 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5512445 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11608872 035 $a(OCoLC)1054055767 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78455 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5512445 035 $a(UkMaJRU)992979819626001631 035 $a(DE-B1597)659272 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781526130594 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006670426 100 $a20191209h20182000 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOrphan texts $eVictorian orphans, culture and empire /$fLaura Peters 210 1$aManchester, UK :$cManchester University Press,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (168 pages) $cdigital file(s) 300 $aOriginally published by Manchester University Press in hardback 2000. 311 $a0-7190-9016-4 311 $a0-7190-5232-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront matter; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Difference within; Popular orphan adventure narratives; The emigration of orphan children; Exile and return; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; References; Index 330 $aIn one of the first studies of its kind, Orphan texts seeks to insert the orphan, and the problems its existence poses, in the larger critical areas of the family and childhood in Victorian culture. In doing so, Laura Peters considers certain canonical texts alongside lesser known works from popular culture in order to establish the context in which discourses of orphanhood operated.The study argues that the prevalence of the orphan figure can be explained by considering the family. The family and all it came to represent - legitimacy, race and national belonging - was in crisis. In order to reaffirm itself the family needed a scapegoat: it found one in the orphan figure. As one who embodied the loss of the family, the orphan figure came to represent a dangerous threat to the family; and the family reaffirmed itself through the expulsion of this threatening difference. Orphan texts will be of interest to final year undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and those interested in the areas of Victorian literature, Victorian studies, postcolonial studies, history and popular culture. 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aOrphans in literature 606 $aLiterature$2mup 606 $aLiterary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900$2bicssc 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh$2bisach 606 $aLiterary studies: c 1800 to c 1900$2thema 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 610 $aBermuda. 610 $aCanada. 610 $aCharles Dickens. 610 $aGeorge Eliot. 610 $aNew South Wales. 610 $aRose Macaulay. 610 $aThe Mystery of Edwin Drood. 610 $aVictorian culture. 610 $aWuthering Heights. 610 $acriminal orphan. 610 $aforeigner. 610 $aorphan texts. 610 $apolicing empire. 610 $apost-colonial studies. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aOrphans in literature. 615 7$aLiterature 615 7$aLiterary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh 615 7$aLiterary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 676 $a820.9008 700 $aPeters$b Laura$g(Laura L.),$01669534 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821388703321 996 $aOrphan texts$94030759 997 $aUNINA